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UK National Preventive Mechanism annual report: 2020 to 2021
Twelfth Annual Report of the UK’s National Preventive Mechanism: Monitoring places of detention during COVID-19.
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The UK NPM is made up of 21 bodies that monitor and inspect places of detention in the UK to prevent torture and ill-treatment for those deprived of their liberty. NPM members work collectively to fulfil the NPM’s mandate under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT).
This National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) annual reporting year has been dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The 12th annual report by the NPM focuses exclusively on the unique challenges this has brought to both NPM members and people deprived of their liberty in the UK.